pinkatrophe said:I completely agree. The question is how long until a price drop? And how much of a price drop will it be?
Am agree 100% too. Everything is hinging on how fast they can price drop.
Though honestly I don't care at this point. I've come to realize through last gen and since 360 launch and this E3 i'm just not a Western gamer. I'm an eastern gamer. And with the FF blowout and strong Playstation brand in Japan it doesn't matter if MS "takes" the U.S. or not (which they have a really good chance at it now) my gaming tastes are still going to lay with the Playstation. I'm not excited about Halo 3, Alan Wake, Mass Effect or Too Human. Gears of War is interesting and i'm not saying I won't play those games but i'm not nearly as excited as I am for stuff like FFXIII or mildly interested in Heavenly Sword. I'm just so so tired of FPS's.
Me and my friend saw the "Naughty Dog" studios guy come and he was showing Resistance and were like yea, wow, neat looks like any other shooter. I would have taken another Crash or something. For western gamers though 360 is shaping up to be the place to go and having GTA IV same day as PS3 and EA games looking the same with all the sports titles they are pretty posed to take U.S. if not a huge chunk of the marketshare.
No, I'm not looking at either model at this point cos $499 is still too much for a gaming console. Maybe when it drops to $400 I'll buy it, but for right now, $499 isn't even an option. There aren't enough games on the ps3 and there are so many more important things I could spend that money on to warrant me paying that much.
I really meant keeping an eye on it if price drops. Say if the first price drop is a hundred bucks then that would drop to $399. Which puts its on equal footing with the 360 premium pack except with BRD.